Friday Ride

I "snuck" out of the office at 3:30 PM because it was sunny (for the first time in a week) and warm -- in the high 60's -- and I thought I could get one hour in before night fell.

I know that I have written that I have "good" days and bad days as well as normal days and I never knew on any given days which one would show up. I have read that the same happens with pro bike riders, although their normal days way outstrip mine!

And I always know after a few minutes when these good days magically appear because I can sense that pedaling is effortless. Around my midpoint of my ride I noticed that my average speed was 15, and I had just spent the past few minutes climbing Pearson hill. I felt good and decided to really go for it and time trial all the way home at 18. For the most part I was able to ave 20 on the flats and even though I knew I was just on the threshold of going anerobic, I held it all the way home. Who knows when the next day like this will occur. And it's certainly not diet related because lunch was 3 slices of pepperoni pizza and an afternoon of chocolate!

I ended the ride with a average over 16 and averaged over 18 for the second half of the ride. It was certainly my best hour on a bike in a long time.